is the bay area making the grade? we'll show you, coming up. if you haven't so far, it's not too late to start conserving. we'll talk about that. the heat's going to surge for today. stay hot for your thursday and then a beautiful weekend in store for you. we'll tell you what's happening across the bay area in your microclimate forecast. >> before the cresting of that glorious sun, a live look outside right now. it's the bay bridge on an early wednesday morning. in fact, it's wednesday, june 18th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. fire crews spent the night in the hills making sure several suspicious fires that started yesterday did not flare up overnight. investigators think at least some fires were intentionally set, and now looking for an arsonist.

live in oakland. there's a lot of activity there this morning at all? >> reporter: good morning laura. it's fairly quiet but we've seen police in an suv driving around because of the suspicious fire. we're crossing the corpus christi school where the fire burned. and actually, right now, just a few minutes ago, a fire engine pulled up. you can't see them now, but two firefighters have flashlights looking around in the brush right now. this crew relieving a crew we saw earlier this morning, if you see the pictures we shot. the firefighter we spoke with earlier said the crew, four people per engine, taking turns on three-hour shifts. moving along park boulevard to make sure there are no hot spots that flare up. now yesterday, starting at 2:00 in the afternoon there were five fires in a span of a couple of hours. fire officials say conditions have been ripe for a blaze with dry brush and warm weather. they add flying embers may have sparked two of yesterday's

smaller fires. now with help from the air it took crews a couple of hours to put out fires yesterday. one woman said it's unnerving since it was last friday when there were two other suspicious fires nearby. >> just had a fire less than a week ago on the other side and i've lived here 27 years, i haven't had a fire ever. not that the -- now in less than a week these two big events. something's wrong. >> reporter: people around here are concerned, also sensitive, because this is close to where the oakland hills fire burned in 1991. that was a huge firestorm, killed 25 people, injured 150 others. destroying almost 4,000 homes, apartments and condos. the it hits very close to home here. back here live, you can see the brush, it's fairly dry, a lot of this. you can see how this is fuel that can easily ignite something like a fire. but investigators saying there

wasn't much wind yesterday which also makes this very suspicious. investigations still happening. no reports of any injuries. >> everyone in the bay area gets on alert when you hear fire, oakland hills. hillsborough police need your help, a burglar broke in the back door, 280, the burglar pried open the back door, stole several items from inside. officers are hoping neighbors might have surveillance video that could have captured that suspect. al qaeda militant fighter on the move again, this time laying seize on iraq's largest oil refinery. "today in the bay" bob redell following the latest. >> this has been a lightning offensive, over the past self-days it's believed that the fighters, the al qaeda inspired group isis, has taken control of

six cities in iraq, and they are fighting for six more with the intent of taking battle to iraq's capital city of baghdad. within the past 24 hours, militant fires attacked that country's largest oil refinery with mortar and small arms fire, the scene there on file video before the attack. if the refinery stops producing too long there could be long lines for gasoline and power outages throughout iraq. near kirkuk, a report that isis has kidnapped 60 foreign construct workers building a hospital in that area. there is also video not verified by nbc news of fighters pulling over trucks traveling between iraq and syria, asking drivers if they are shiite or sunni. the driver said sunni like them but unconvinced and executed them. i'll give you a sense how brutal the group has been reportedly. lawmakers in washington, d.c., will meet at the white house today to hear how president obama plans to deal with sunni militants trying to take over

iraq. >> they have a billion dollars, heavy weapons, reports of two helicopters. this an al qaeda army on the move. >> president obama ruled out for a time air strikes on isis because few targets. but might send in special forces to develop intelligence and where to strike the fighters some time down the road. iraqi military claimed to have killed close to 50 isis fighters outside baghdad. >> thank you, bob. the vote on a high profile bill to redefine sexual assault la now on hold until next week. state lawmakers say audrey's law needs more work. the current version require minimum two-year sentence for minors convicted of assaulting someone developmentally disabled or unconscious. audrey was a student at saratoga high. three boys sexually assaulted her and took photographs while unconscious. pictures circulated around

saratoga high, she later killed herself. boys served 30 to 45 days behind bars. advocates will tell the dmv it needs to improve proposed regulations for licenses issued to undocumented immigrants. a state law allows immigrants to get a valid license in january. the group wants dmv wants to make document requirement acc s accessible to immigrants and increase the privacy of applicants and add protects against discrimination, after reports of scammers trying to pose as dmv staff and charging high amounts of money for a license. state regulators will look at ways to better protect our energy substations. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live at the metcalf station in san jose, damaged in the attack a year ago. >> reporter: i can tell you the metcalf station here behind me is better protected than it was back in april 2013, when someone

rifled a rifle in and took out 10 of 129 transformers. presenting to the public what the utility knows about the incident that took out power as well as land line and cell service, including the 911 system for much of the south county. back in march last year, seertryes went quickly from simple vandalism to terrorism against vulnerable infrastructure. the fbi did not classify the attack as terrorism but february this year a former federal energy chief told the "wall street journal" he considered it the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the power grid. pg&e enhanced security here. we've met one of the security guards here this morning. there's also more lighting, cameras, and more fencing. cpuc meeting starts at the auditorium in san francisco this morning. start as the 10:00, but if you can't make it watch a live stream. you can also watch an archived

version of what some answers will be. we can link you from our website nbcbayarea.com. the presentation slated to be just about 20 minutes long. the question and answer session, just 15. interesting to see what comes of that. reporting like, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." the governor's call for water conservation in california has fallen on deaf ears. asking everyone to cut back 20%. the state's first report showed the bay area only cut back by 2%. that's compared to january through may of the last three years. water usage for the entire state is down only 5%. on the other hand, santa cruz managed to cut back by 21%. it should be noted, critics say the survey does not provide a complete picture because not all areas of the state face severe drit. >> it's not like it's improve sod much from earlier in the year. microclimate forecast, as we

take a live look at san francisco. let's leave the drought talk and forecasting up to the person who knows the most about those subjects, meteorologist christina loren. >> you know, i'll be honest for a moment, one thing that i used to do, i would let my shower water warm up, sometimes for a good five to six minutes at a time. that's something i have cut down. i noticed that a lot of people are starting to take action as well. but one thing that you can do, cut down shower usage by five minutes. most people are using their water most abundantly out in their gardens, lawns, so that's where most of our water's going. that's one way to conserve, cut back there, or find mulch or something to replace the lawn. today, a gorgeous day shaping up. at the beach, heat is on. return of the 90s for today and tomorrow. and then that heat's going to back off. as we get into the weekend, which is funny, you think we'd be warming up as we get into the

first official weekend of summertime but it's going to be nice, i can tell you right now. one final spring sizzle. 87 in the south bay. 83 for the peninsula. hit 90 degrees, 90 is warm out in the east bay. 69 for san francisco. that's hard to beat. let's switch gears and talk about your drive. overall, looking light at this point. we don't have any major collisions to tell you about. tracking this incident in san lorenzo. we're seeing a bit of yellow here, congestion starting to bill northbound 238. as you approach 880, single-car crash. local heroes are on the scene and it should be clearing next 10 to 15 minutes. live look at what else we're dealing with. a beautiful start to the day here. san jose, no delays yet. northbound 101, 280 moving along. easy to count the cars still at this point on the golden gate bridge. the construction has cleared. now you can get through the

presidio. metering lights are off. we'll let you know as soon as they turn on. early 90s reference, i don't remember counting blue cars, dish walla, good song. fremont city leaders deciding on a controversial program. >> a bull found in the wall of a bay area federal courthouse. investigators are trying to figure out where it came from.

5:13 on your wednesday morning. live picture of san jose with a distinctly blue tint to it, but

of course we'll be seeing golden later in the day. >> blue hue there. blue news for southern california, breaking news, major shutdown on one of state's busiest freeway. learning 405 where it insects with 605 orange beach, it shut down in both directs right now. a large steel beam fell on the freeway in a construction zone. one person is injured. we hope to have live pictures from the area shortly. we can imagine what the backup must be at a fthoroughfare. so far, not to reopen until 8:00 this morning. new this morning, investigators in oakland say a bullet that went through the federal courthouse was likely a stray from over the weekend. safety and security procedures under review after the dis covry at the federal building in downtown oakland. the bullet tore through a second story window and wound up in the wall of a jury deliberation room.

fremont city council unanimously approved spending $300,000 in a new security system proposed by police. the new camera system will be able to track people coming in and out of town in an effort to reduce crime. >> video images kept for 30 days and the license plate data kept for a year, unless it becomes direct evidence in a pending criminal case. police say the data will be deleted after a year unless it is linked to a crime. take a peek at the markets this morning before the bell. jackie deangelis, live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. futures higher this morning after stocks with gains for three straight days despite on housing starts weaker than expected today's focus on the federal reserve. we've got them wrapping up a two-day meeting this afternoon. the fed's not expected to make major policy moves but we are thinking that we will get a

forecast on the economy and could see signals when interest rates may start to rise. dow rising 27 points yesterday to finish at 16,808. nasdaq up 16 to 4337. gm ceo mary barra on capitol hill testifying today. expected to tell lawmakers gm will start compensating victims of the ignition switch recall by august 1st. ken feinberg overseeing the fund will have the full authority to establish criteria for eligibility. amazon expected to unveil the long awaited smartphone. jeff bezos presiding over the mystery event at headquarters. rumored to have a 3-d screen to track a user's eye movement and going to be linked to amazon prime service, no shock there. at&t will be amazon's exclusive wireless carrier. amazon may have a tough hill to

climb, in terms of its entrance into the market. obviously smartphones are popular and dominated by apple and android. the question is, if users are going to be open to making this kind of switch. back to you. >> get a piece of the pie there. >> no tough hills to climb because we have great weather, you know, you said this temperatures building all week. expect wonderful weather today. >> one final spring sizzle before we cool you back off for the first weekend of summertime. got to love how mother nature never dozen anything that we expect. take you outdoors. something else you may not expect, getting into los angeles this morning, we told you about this earlier, but we know this going to become a major news story throughout the next couple of hours. a beam fell on the 405 down in the los angeles area near cal state long beach. it is entirely shut down at this point. we're going to have live visuals

coming up. ready to kick off rush hour and that could be closed potentially until 8:00 a.m. live pictures coming up trying to fly to l.a. it could be problematic. we don't have flight delays wednesday out of major airports. sky's clear, little fog, heat is on. we lost the call ocean air onshore flow, relaxed and will continue today. 80 and 90s in inland valleys. 60s and 70s at the coast and around the bay. where we're headed, up to 90 degrees today in the east bay. 69 for san francisco. and 88 degrees in north bay. south bay at 87 degrees. warmer day, notice that by five to ten degrees. though it will be nice at the coast. only place we'll keep the natural ac running today. tomorrow, significant coastal cooling, about as hot in inland valley spots. by this weekend, that familiar fog returns. that's going to cool us back to

average, really comfortable weekend shaping up for outdoor plans. not too hot, not too cold. 86 in san francisco saturday. san francisco at 66 degrees. let's switch gears. if you're commuting, ready to head out the front door, no delays. everything looking normal at this point. all your mass transit on time, looking good on b.a.r.t., caltrain and vta running on time. golden gate bridge, light, construction we had, one shut down through the presidio has reopened. traffic light. starting to get the sunrise in san francisco. if you're headed to the east, watch out for the sunrise slowdown. >> thank you. more than 1600 firefighters are working to contain a wildfire in central california. just will not stop burning the fire's burning 30 miles from bakersfield in the sequoia national forest.

it's burnt through 2600 acres. crews surrounded 85% of the fire, 10 more percent than yesterday. winds supposed to die down today but meteorologists expect temperatures and humidity to rise. 14 people killed when a trisickle taxi packed with explosives view up in nigeria. the bomb detonated by a suicide bomber. in addition to the 14 killed, 26 others were hurt. no one immediately claimed responsibility for that blast but leaders expect boko haram, the same group holding more than 200 school girls hostage. state prosecutors for the boston marathon bombing suspect will meet with a judge to decide the next trial date. pleading not guilty to 30-count federal indictment charging him in the twin explosions last year. the bombs killed three people and injured more than 260 others. >> so sad. 5:20, coming up, taking you out

of school to work on the farm. a 99-year-old grandmother finally gets to finish what she started. we'll have her story. welcom.

isn't that a beautiful, live sunrise, sam? >> laura, you can't do better than that. like harbaugh said, nobody has it better than we do. >> exactly. >> entrepreneur, student, inventors showing off innovations at white housemaker fair today. includes six from the bay area. >> the fair's part of the president's efforts to bring more attention on manufacturing and the need for science and math education in the u.s. participants asked to send in photos or videos of their own creations and describe how they're working to advance themaker movement. a grandmother proving never

too late to finish school. >> this grandmother graduated from a middle school in italy this week at 99 years of age, yes, we said middle school. she says it's been her lifelong dream since taken out of school to work in the olive grove. handed her diplomdiploma. >> she kisses it. >> you want to pin. the cheeks. >> she was so nervous the night before she couldn't sleep but passed. >> what do you think of a middle school exam? basic math, algebra. >> more than what we took. forecast with meteorologist. >> they're not using number 2 penci pencils anymore, except rare occasions, they still break those out. outdoors, a good looking day shaping up. 54 in the east bay now. 55 san francisco. 56 in the south bay. basically walk out your front door and it feels crisp and cool. you might not need a jacket.

you won't need one later on across the bay area. up to 69 degrees for example in san francisco. meanwhile, little toasty in the east bay, 90 degrees. switching gears, take a look at your drive overall. everybody's behaving out there. we are accident free, across the bay area. northbound 101, 280 and san jose, light volume, both directions now. golden gate bridge, light, construction wrapped up. bay bridge toll plaza, picking up a bit of steam here. but overall, light, plenty of space between cars. metering lights are off for now. we'll let you know as soon as they turn back on. a wide look at the whole bay area. slowing now through the altamont pass but green on the map. we'll keep you updated. >> green ants on that map. >> we like green. 5:25 on wednesday. still to come on "today in the bay," investigators will be releasing more information about an attack on a pg&e substation in the south bay. >> plus, why crews will be intentionally setting a fire. >> live picture right now of

your bay bridge. look at that. a beautiful day. christina monitoring the latest developments.

series of suspicious fires reignites fires among thousands of people in the oakland hills. live with what fire investigators are saying. not doing enough to protect passengers. the new claim levelled by auditors in response to the fire on the san mateo bridge. >> it's going to be hotter out there warmer across the bore as we get into your thursday, staying hot. but then a gorgeous weekend shaping up. forecast coming your way in moments. >> talking the weekend on a wednesday morning. that's okay. halfway through the workweek. a delightful, live look outside. sun rising over the bay area on

this wednesday, june 18th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. southern california drivers not feeling good about the commute. breaking news from long beach, major shutdown, we are learning the 405 or intersects with the 605 in long beach, shut down right now in both directions. a large steel beam fell on the freeway in a construction zone. one person injured. hope to have live pictures shortly. we're told that both lanes will be closed until 8:00. we'll bring you updates as soon as we can. fire crews spent the night in their trucks making sure that several suspicious fires that started yesterday in the oakland hills did not flare up overnight. investigators are calling fires suspicious. five of them in a span of two hours yesterday afternoon. you can see the two biggest ones

just a half mile apart along park boulevard near highway 13 where we find "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang. are firefighters worried about the flare-ups. >> reporter: good morning to you. yes, they always are, that's why they've got crews here all morning long. i spoke with oakland firefighters who said they've got engines, at least one every three hours, with four firefighters per engine. what they're doing is coming out and making sure that the brush, you know, checking the vegetation, to make sure there are no embers, no smoke. so far, nothing to indicate a flare-up. so far, so good. in the last 20 minutes, we followed this crew as firefighters with flashlights in hand walked around to check for hot spots. checking up on a hose line set up yesterday by firefighters in the canyon. first two fires sparked around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. there would be three smaller fires within the next couple of hours. so five in two hours.

officials say conditions have been ripe for a blaze with extremely dry brush and warm weather. flying embers may have sparked the two smallest fires but add there wasn't much wind. that does add to suspicious nature of the fires. it took crews a couple hours to put out the fires along park boulevard. one woman who spoke with us in the neighborhood is thankful conditions weren't worse, leading what could lead into a volatile situation. >> it could have been a lot worse. canyon's dry, wind was blowing and you can see they did get some of the fire out and the fire would start building. >> reporter: people here sensitive and concerned because it's close to where the 19991 oakland hills fire burned. that killed 25 people, injured 150 others and destroyed nearly 4,000 homes, apartments and condos. that fire was farther up north but hits close to here. firefighters monitoring the half

a mile stretch of park boulevard and making sure there are no hot spots. good news is so far nothing to be worried about. live in oakland hills, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." in meantime, antioch, firefighters mostly contained a brushfire that threatened 40 homes last night. flames reached 50 to 60 feet in the air coming close to some overhead transmission lines. the fire was reported before 7:30 last night. quickly spread across four acres of a park about a block away from the elementary school. but within an hour, crews stopped the spread of the fire before it damaged homes or buildings. several wooden and metal fences were damaged, an indication of how close a call this was for homeowners. one person was treated for smoke inhalation and released. the cause of the fire is under investigation. the santa clara county fire department and several other agencies setting their own fire this morning between 10:00 and 11:00. the county fire department with

cal fire and santa clara county parks starting a fire at joseph grant county park east of san jose. the department hopes to get its firefighters practice putting out wildfires in a regulated environment. using drip torches and other devices to control and surround flames. the plan approved by several fire experts and planned for a day with what they consider favorable weather conditions. the department says, smoke from the fire will probably dissipate before it reaches san jose. a state audit says regularers are not doing enough to ensure the safety of passengers aboard limos, shuttles and charter buses. five women died last year unable to escape the flames. safety leaders not trying hard enough to make sure carriers are complying with safery requirements. the state public utility commission is taking too long to open investigations and resolve complaints against carriers.

pg&e may finally reveal what it knows about an attack on a south bay substation that cut cell service and raised concerns of terrorism. kris sanchez live with what more could happen at a meeting between regulators. very unnerving when it happened a year ago. >> reporter: right. we don't know what happened here at the metcalf station, only someone took a rifle and shot out 10 of the 12 transformers cutting cell service, lights and even land lines for much of the south county. for the first time today, pg&e's senior director of substations will present to the public utility commission what it knows about last year's incident. in march last year, it went from vandalism to as you mentioned theories of terrorism against a vulnerable infrastructure. the fbi never classified the attack as terrorism, but in february a former federal energy chief told the "wall street journal" he did consider it the most significant incident of

domestic terrorism involving the power grid. pg&e has already enhanced security out here and other substations in response. we did meet one of the security guards already on patrol this morning. and there are more lights, cameras, fencing than even just a year ago. public utility commission meeting starts at 10:00 at the cpuc building in san francisco been you don't have to be there in person to hear the 20-minute presentation or the question and answer that will follow. we can link you there, because there will be a live stream, folks wondering what is going to be heard at the meeting. presentation again starts at 10:00 this morning. question and answer session to follow after. reporting live, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." 5:35. now to a microclimate forecast. take a peek outside. san francisco on the left, san jose on the right. clear morning out there. >> christina has to work for these days, it's a stunner, i

believe, yeah, perfect temperatures with other elements. lay it out for us. >> when the teacher becomes the student, now the student is becoming the teacher, my friend. a good looking day shaping up. you know, i appreciate the fact that you pay attention to my forecast, here in the bay area, as you know, it's going to be pretty nice. you don't have to pay that close attention. today notice a difference. it will be warmer out there. but this is what we pay the big bucks to live here for, gorgeous weather, beautiful scenery and one of those days where you enjoy both. it's going to get hot out there. no extremes, 90 not too bad. that's ten degrees above average for this time of year. switch gears now. talk about your drive. we have delays now. westbound 580, going 43 miles per hour right now from grant line road to 680. it's slower than usual there. going slow this morning on westbound 84, 44 miles per hour from 580 over to 680. overall temperatures are looking

good, we have a new collision to tell you about, this one just developed in the livermore area. overall, looking good for a comfortable day. these are nice temperatures to wake up to on a wednesday morning. back to you. >> thanks. 5:36 on wednesday morning. alleged mastermind behind the benghazi attack in u.s. custody and headed to trial. live to washington, d.c., for the latest details. new developments in iraq. militants attack the largest oil refinery as they move closer to baghdad.

you are watching "today in the bay." >> good wednesday morning to you. hazy look outside that's the san

mateo bridge. traffic moving smoothly through there. it will start backing up closer to the 6:00 hour. a look at the roadways this morning. of course, forecast, 5:39. 5:40. >> when is it not hazy around here? a u.s. drone strike targeting militant hideout hit and killed four men in pakistan. pakistani officials say the strike blew up a vehicle and a compound. the compound is reportedly often used as a hideout for al qaeda-linked militant groups the strike was the third in the past two weeks. iraq's oil refinery under siege by al qaeda militants. bob redell joins us with latest developments including a possible u.s. military response. good morning. >> good morning. this morning, president obama will brief lawmakers on how the united states plans to help stop the fighting in iraq. the president has reportedly ruled out air strikes for the time being but might send in special forces to provide intel for iraqi military. >> the president must quickly

provide us with a strategy and a plan that addresses the threat posed by the insurgency the challenge is what is in our interests, what are the consequences to us. >> within the past 24 hours, the al qaeda-inspired group isis has attacked over and reportedly taken over iraq's largest oil refinery, even being back -- beating back iraqi gun ships in the process. this is critical because if the reevenry shut down too long the price of oil could go up. near kirkuk, isis captured 60 foreign construction workers, india confirming many of them are theirs. isis, how fast this group has moved throughout iraq. over the past several days it's believed to have taken over six cities, fighting for six more with intent of move into the capital city of baghdad. in baghdad, shiite men volunt r volunteering to join the military to help eliminate

fighters who are sunnis. you have a shiite versus sunni element. >> exactly. they are gaining so quickly on baghdad. thanks, bob. president obama says he suspected the master mind of the deadly attack in 2012 in benghazi will face the full weight of the american justice system. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live. the suspect held on a ship in the mid terrain yan sea. >> reporter: exactly. headed to the united states where he will some point be in a federal courtroom, u.s. district court, according to the fbi direer who confirms in custody, questioned by a special fbi team. the question is, might he be considered an enemy combatant? not at this point. in fact, they were specific to say the justice department was specific to say, when he gets here, comes to court, he'll get a lawyer. that is not what lawmakers here on capitol hill wanted to see.

many, republicans especially, complaining that this man should be held as enemy combatant, he should be at guantanamo bay, interrogated thoroughly to make sure there are not others involved that we have not captured already or to find out who the others are who were involved so they can be captured. they don't want to see him in a federal courtroom with an attorney lawyered up and not giving up information. we believe he's on the "uss new york." >> interesting. one to watch. thank you. meantime, closer to home, the school district agreed to pay $14 million to two women who accuse the district of covering up teacher misconduct. the women and two others sued saying it failed to investigate accusations that the biologist teacher sexually abused numerous student. witters committed suicide before the investigation was complete. the two other women received $4.6 million last year. >> pollsters could be calling

you to ask about raising taxes in san jose. last night the city council approved a plan to ask the public about which kind of tax increase should be placed on the november ballot. potential voters asked about several options including a slight increase in general sales tax or new tax for a specific purpose like road repairs or safety. another possible question, increase in the marijuana business tax. polling will take place next month. state lawmakers rejected a bill to make california the first state to require health warnings on sugary drinks. making healthy choices about warning the possibility of diabetes and tooth decay but beverage industry said it was unfair. flying across the country in two hours, that might be possible sooner than you think. supersonic flights which involve

jets that fly faster than the speed of sound are not allowed over the u.s. because of sonic booms. created by the aircraft. but researchers at nasa and mountain view testing that could minimize sonic booms. planning present findings in atlanta. the last night in 2003 when a concord jet landed at heathrow. someone is shaking her head. >> you know, i used to live on the space coast of florida. we look forward to hear sonic booms and it was sad when the space program started to wind down. one of the cool things in florida. edwards air force base down the road, secondary choice for landing space shuttles in california. 5:45. talk about something that's happening out there. temperatures are comfortable this morning. as i make my way over to the weather wall, details about something happening way south of

the bay area. but something that could impact you if flying into southern california this morning. and it's something that's a big news story, nonetheless. 405 shut down this morning at 605, this is near cal state long beach where a steel beam fell into the roadway. now, we have chopper over the scene, this is live video for you, 405 never looking this light. stile steel beam reportedly fell across the entire highway. it could be shut down here all the way through 8:00 a.m. you can see crews here working hard to get that cleaned up. that is going to be a traffic snarl. we'll keep tabs on that for you. we'll show you backups throughout the morning. in landing in los angeles, you could see some significant delays at the airport, trying to get out of the airport in that area. make sure you account for that this morning. we'll keep you updated. locally, traffic right now, this a new accident, 580 westbound at

flynn road, collision reportedly in the right lane. stay to the left through here. it also is creating a backup, going to take twice as long to get through the stretch of highway through livermore this morning. looking unusually light for now in the south bay. we know this is going to change. good news for commuters. northbound 101, 280 up to speed. same for the golden gate bridge. backing up as metering lights lights on the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll keep you updated. talk about your forecast today. it's going to be heiss. hotter, though. up to 90 degrees out there in the heat of the day. weather headlines tell the story where we're headed. heat surges today five to ten degrees. tomorrow stays hot. then we'll cool you off in time for the weekend when you will be at home you don't have to run your ac, saturday 80 in the south bay. 81 sunday. natural ac sticks with us but comfortable in san francisco at

65 degrees for the weekend. back to you. >> thank you. great weather here. but we do have new video of the tornado ripping through ontario, canada yesterday. the tornado dangerously hovering over houses. it blew roofs off of a few of them, badly damaged others. you can see what appears to be explosions inside that twister. no serious injuries reported. forecasters say the storm was part of the same storm system that spawned twin tornados in nebraska monday. the destruction, devastating for people two people killed including a 5-year-old toddler. 15 others in critical condition. >> horrific couple of days in the midwest. search crews are scrambling to find nearly 30 people missing after a boat capsized in malaysia, sang near the strait of malacca, at least two people dead there. 60 others rescued overnight. authorities are not sure why the boat sank but illegal workers often take dangerous routes when

trying to return home. overnight, two convicted killers were put to death, the first since oklahoma's botched execution. the two death row inmates in missouri and georgia given the lethal injections last night. in april an oklahoma inmate supposed to be executed died of a heart attack after he was given the first dose of the lethal injection. since then, nine executions nationwide have been halted. oklahoma's botched execution has raised concern about the drugs used to put a prisoner to death. 5:49 wednesday morning. team usa will have to take on portugal without one of its best and brightest stars. details coming up. take a peek outside this morning. loving all of the sunrises over the bay area. perfect time of year. great start to our morning.

welcome back. good morning, it's 5:52 on wednesday. live look now at at&t park in o.co coliseum. troubles continue for giants. they fell to the white sox last night, 8-2. got thumped. they look to right the ship in a few hours at 11:10 this morning. a's topped texas at home beating one 0 best pitchers in baseball 10-6. back in action at 12:35. a's will be without one of the starters, drew pomer rants for a couple of weeks. he's headed to the 15-day

disabled list after fracturing his right hand, injury he received after punching a chair in frustration. >> just breathe. san jose sharks parting ways with broadcaster drew remenda. he's been a fixture of the organization since the inaugural season in '91. he started as assistant coach, became the team's broadcaster in '95. he says sharks did not offer him a new contract. still no word on who will replace him. last night the sharks issued a statement thanking him for his time with the organization. a shaky situation at the world cup. amateur video of fans filing out of the famed stadium. it appears to show the stairs wobbling. officials reinspected the stairs and they're safe, though i'm not sure if you asked all of these people, they'd tell you the same thing. before the video concerns of the

many of the venues. >> looks like a problem waiting to happen. >> a lot of people, too. >> 5:53. team usa will hit the field to gear up for the showdown against portugal. >> confidence is at an all-time high for usa win over ghana. the u.s. will hit the pitch this weekend without one of best players, fundamentally important players, altidore out with a hamstring injury. the klinsmann says matt besler and clint dempsey should be good to go. it's important to forget about the success of the opening game and focus on matches still to come. >> we worked hard for it. it was a tricky game, as you all saw. we are 100% on portugal from now on. >> win on sunday would likely push the u.s. through the knockout round of the

tournament. they need a lot of luck. >> kick-off 3:00 p.m. >> watching? >> get the barbecue going. check out this photo sent to us. maybe we'll get to the supermarket. huge crowd gathered inside to watch yesterday's matchup between brazil and mexico. this was the market in east palo alto. those who tuned in got a chance to see the mexican goaltender, did you see, play the best game of his life. six incredible saves in the 0-0 draw. many consider the tie actually a win for mexico because brazil's the favorite to win the tournament. but this guy was -- you couldn't get anything by him. >> i don't know if we saw it there, but he made a save on a header where the ball looked like it was clean pass to the net and came out of nowhere. >> amazing to watch him. it's been fun. series continues, too. >> surprises coming all over the place.

now our own local surprise, christina loren, a nice weather front looking for you. >> another way to use your noggin, forecast the weather. a good looking day shaping up. i want to tell you about something happening in los angeles. a big developing story. one of the major freeways, 405, as you know, it's a major thoroughfare in southern california, it's entirely shut down at this hour, a steel beam fell across the freeway. right now, if you're headed northbound on 405, thank goodness we live in the bay area, they're backed up for 15 miles. people waiting in parking lot traffic for over two hours so far. that could be the case all the way through 8:00 a.m., potentially longer. heavy machinery out there trying to get that cleared up. the good news, all we have to tell you about is tire in the roadway and also a collision that's clearing westbound 580 at flynn road. watch out for that. otherwise, looking towards a

gorgeous day. 54 in the south bay. 54 east bay. headed towards upper 80s. inland valleys low 90s. perfect san francisco, 69. this might be what it look like to them in los angeles when we had issues with the bay bridge, not too long ago. 0 we're going to see how this plays out. >> back to you. >> a mess down there in southern california orange county, a live picture now of the 405, closed in both directions by the 605. no doubt this is going to create havoc, even at john wayne international. we'll have an update coming up on that next. >> two words you never wand to hear about roads, parking and lot. sales tax in san jose could be going up. how much? you called weigh in. >> live look at city by the bay, san francisco. alcatraz island.

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right now at 6:00, breaking news, shutdown on a major stretch of one of state's busiest freeways and could last for another two hours at least. >> iraqi oil refinery under siege, new details as a crisis in iraq deepens overnight. plus, going through your phone to get to your wallet. we'll tell you why the next call you answer could be the first step to raising your taxes. we've got a good-looking day shaping up. raising temperatures, heat is going to surge. it's going to stay hot for tomorrow as well. and then a gorgeous weekend, mile, comfortable. we'll take you through details in your specific microclimate in moments. first, let's put you in a good mood to start off wednesday. this is a live picture of the golden gate bridge, not too many folks out yet. they will be coming. wednesday june 18th, this is "today in the bay."